Sexual Behaviour and Condom Use among Adolescents Living in Urban Poor Areas in the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana

The study examines the sexual behaviour of adolescents living in two urban poor areas in two municipalities in the Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana – to ascertain the extent of sexual activity in the two areas and whether condom is patronized at high risk sex. Using systematic sampling, a total of 501 questionnaires were administered to adolescents in the two municipalities. Bi-variate and multi-variate statistical methods are used to examine the results. A logistic regression model is used to examine the correlates of adolescents’ sexual behaviour. Odds ratio was calculated for adolescents’ sexual behaviour. After calculating the odds ratios, a command ‘listcoef, percent help’ was run in STATA and this provide us with the percent increase per a unit change in a variable. The results show that male adolescents were having sex 0.8 years earlier than their female counterparts. First sexual intercourse among the adolescent was mostly planned. The results revealed that multiple sexual relation was uncommon among the adolescents. Logistic regression results shows that age had a direct and significant relationship with adolescents’ sexual behaviour. For instance, at .001, there was more than 519 percent increase in the likelihoo